Improvement in fur collars



.PETEIS. PHOTCLUTHOGRAPIIH. WASHINGTON. D CA tinted R. M. sELDIs. or NEWYORK,- N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO MYER STERN.

OF SAME PLACE.

LmmraumtV No. 91,371, dated .Tune 15, 186e.

IMPROVEMENT IN FUR. COI'ILARS.

'The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom 'it ma/y concern:

VBe it known that`I, 1%. M. SELDIs, of the city, county, and State ofNewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fur Collars forGentlemens Wear; and do hereby declare that the following is a generaldescription thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making part of this specification, of which- Figure 1 represents aninside view of my improved collar as developed, showing theear-protectors folded in the collar;

Figure 2, a side elevation, shwing the said collar in its application tothe' human formywth' the earprotectors in use, and the lapels overlappedon the bosom; and v Figure 3, a face view of same.

Thenatureof this invention consists in constructing a fur collar, withflaps for covering the weareIJs ears, which are folded into the collaruntil required for use, when they are drawn "forth, and being united byan elastic string, which is passed over and on the head, the ears of thewearer are protected from the cold; and also in constructing the saidcollar with lapels, which overlap each other, so as to have a doublethickness of fur in front, to prevent the cold striking the neck andbreast of the wearer.

In the said drawings- A indicates' a fur collar.

B B, the ear-aps, connected by an elastic string, 11, for protecting theears of the wearer. (See igs. l and 2.

C C) are pockets, into which the ear-flaps are folded when not requiredfor use;

D D are the lapels, which overlap each other, and protect the neck andbreast from cold; and

E is the elastic collar-fastening.

The fur collars as now made, when fastened round the neck, leave an openslit in front of the' neck and breast, into which the cold strikes,rendering the wearer uncomfortable, while the ears were not protectedfrom the effects of frost by the collar.

These defects suggested to me the improvements described herein.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

A fur collar, provided with ear-aps B B, pockets C C, sustaining-cord b,and lapels D D, arranged substantially as described.

In'testiruony whereof, I have hereunto set my signature,- this 10th dayf February, A. D. 1869.

' R. M. SELDIS.

Witnesses:

A. NEILL, ARTHURR. WILLLAMS.

